A different sofa? What kind of crazy revolutionary talk is that? The Japanese monarchy, or rather the Imperial Household Agency, is not exactly known for change big or small. If it was good enough 50 (or 500 years) a go , by God, it's good enough now!

Thanks for the updates!
Crown Princely family looked great. Crown Princess Masako appears to be happy.
It is nice to see the same room with the same sofa. The room is Japanese: understated, harmonious, and elegant. Unlike European rooms, it is not stuffed with silly trinkets and other things.

__________________"I never did mind about the little things"
Amanda, "Point of No Return"

Lovely pics, great cushions! Nowadays people go to DFS for their sofas, order it on four years insterest free credit, wait 8 weeks for delivery, pay it off, realise the product is now naff and then go and buy buy another one and so the cycle continues. Japanese sofas were obioulsy built to last!!